Musical novelty



y 3, 1932- J. w. KELLY 1,856,164

MUS ICAL NOVELTY Filed Dec. 25, 19 60 Patented May 3, 1932 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE J CHIN TVILLIAM KELLY, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA MUSICAL NOVELTY Application filed December 23, 1930. Serial No. 504,234.

This invention relates to a musical novelty The Hat stretched part of the mouthpiece which may be used in the playing of syncopahas a hole or opening 12 therein through tion music, but is also useful as a means of which air is blown to provide a musical note. instructing children in that it is easy to play One side of the mouthpiece 5 is gathered and a child can readily learn to play music under the ring 11, but the other side is left thereon. free so that it will vibrate properly.

An object of my invention is to provide it Having described my invention, I claim: musical instrument which is simple in con- 1. A musical novelty con'iprising a cone, a struction and inexpensive to manufacture. rubber mouth-piece stretched across one end Another object is to provide a musical of the cone,means fixedly securing one end of co novelty of the character stated which can be said mouthpiece to the cone, strips on the readily played by an amateur with comparaother end of the mouthpiece, stay-flaps tively little instruction or practice. formed on the cone, said strips extending Other objects, advantages, and features of under the stay-flaps whereby the tension of 171 invention may appear from the accompanythe mouthpiece across the cone is adjusted. as

ing drawings, the subjoined detailed descrip- 2. A musical novelty comprising a cone, tion, and the appended claims a rubber mouthpiece stretched across one end In the drawings of the cone, means fixedly securing one end Figure 1 is a side elevation of my musical of said mouthpiece to the cone, strips on the novelty. other end of the mouthpiece, stay-flaps m Fi gi j w l oking from the right of formed on the cone, said strips extending Figur 1, under the stay-flaps whereby the tension of Figure 3 is a fragmentary view looking the mouthpiece across the cone is adjusted, from th left of Figure 1, and a ring encircling the cone adjacent the Fi 4 i a l i top thereof, said ring engaging the mouth- Referring more particularly to the draw- P18 6. ings, the numeral 1 indicates a cone prefer- 3. A musical novelty comprising a paper ably formed of paper and in one continuous cone, a rubber mouthpiece extending over piece Th Overlapping edges are h ld t one end of the cone, said mouthpiece having gether by means of a flap 2 which is cut from an opening therein, a pin extending through so one end, said flap extending under a strip 3 e co e and fixedly holding one end of the which is cut from the other end. A fla. l mouthpiece, a pair of flaps cut from the cone, extends over the edge to further hold the cone e o he end f Said mouthpiece being biin position at the bottom. The bottom of th iurcated, said bifurcated end passing under cone is open, and the top is covered by a ruhsaid flaps, a ring encircling the cone adjacent her mouthpiece 5 which is stretched taut in the top thereof, said ring engaging the a manner t b furth r d scribed. mouthpiece and means securing the edges of Une end of the rubber piece 5 is held stah paper Cone togethertionary by a suitable means such as a rivet or In testimony whereof, I ailix my signature. pin 6. The other end of the piece is bifur- JOHN WILLIAM KELLY. 0o catcd to form the two strips 78. The strips 7-8 extend under flaps 91O which are cut in the cone 1. The purpose of the flaps 9-40 is to hold the strips 78 against retraction after said strips have been pulled down to stretch the mouthpiece 5 tightly across the top of the cone. The mouthpiece is further held in proper position and at pror per tension by means of a ring 11 which encircles the cone adjacent the top thereof. 

